23. Another dimension that the IAF is aspiring for is the ‘space’. As Bhal writes that,
“space is not only a natural extension of the third dimension but a continuum of the air medium”. It has already formed an Aerospace Group which would lay the foundation for the Aerospace Command. According to Pandey, “While the concept of using spacebased lethal weapon systems may yet lie in the realms of imagination, considerable progress has been made in the regime of communication and surveillance by spacebased platforms using optical, radar and IR sensors”. However, Indians do have an ambitious plan send a man on moon by 2020